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Join the Coalition on Human Needs this Friday for our annual webinar on how to use the forthcoming Census Bureau survey data to advocate for critical investments in our communities.

Using Poverty and Health Insurance Facts in Hard Times
Training on using survey data to show how good policies yield good outcomes
(Unfortunately, the reverse is also true.)
Friday, September 5, 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm ET (11 am – 12:30 pm PT)

The Census Bureau will release poverty, income, health insurance, and other 2024 data on September 9 and 11. CHN’s webinar, ahead of the release, will teach you how to find state and local as well as national data, to help you show the connection between federal and state policy choices and numbers of people in poverty or uninsured.

We know Congress and the President have made some policy choices that, if left unchanged, will sharply cut funding and benefits for basic needs programs. So it’s especially important to show how earlier policy improvements reduced poverty and the number of people without health insurance―we’ll show you how to make those points for your state, and how to make the connection to the dangers ahead.

During the webinar, you’ll hear from top poverty, nutrition, and health insurance experts on how to use the data to show how good policy yields good outcomes (and contrariwise).

Speakers include an expert anti-poverty panel with:

• Christopher Wimer, Director, Columbia University’s Center on Poverty and Social Policy

• Danilo Trisi, Consultant, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

• Gina Plata-Nino, Interim SNAP Director, Food Research and Action Center

• Edwin Park, Research Professor, Georgetown University Center for Children and Families

I’ll join the webinar to provide you with tips on exactly where to find the data you need in the Census Bureau releases showing poverty, with breakdowns by age, race/ethnicity, and disability, policies that can reduce poverty, and health insurance trends. We’ll show you how to use the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey data to show how many households are paying more than half their income on rent, and families likely to need child care.

All registrants will receive the webinar recording and slides, as well as other resources in advance of the Census Bureau’s releases on Sept. 9 and 11. And you’ll also receive quick analyses of the new data after its release, including tables with breakdowns by state and congressional district, by age and race/ethnicity.

Click here to RSVP for Friday's webinar, Using Poverty and Health Insurance Facts in Hard Times.

I hope to see you online this Friday.

Deborah Weinstein
Executive Director, Coalition on Human Needs